Nathan has been working with eight other colleagues on a special proje

QUESTION

Nathan has been working with eight other colleagues on a special project to develop a groundbreaking product for consumer medical technology.

The employees were selected by the company’s CEO and have been given a secure floor in the facility and a hefty R&D budget. What term best describes this group?
A) opportunity entrepreneurs
B) entrepreneurial team
C) micropreneurs
D) skunkworks
E) intrapreneurs

ANSWER

Answer: D
Explanation: D) These employees do make up an entrepreneurial team and may be considered individual intrapreneurs, but being formally separated from normal operations to develop an innovative product qualifies the team as a skunkworks.